November 20, 2020 Holding of Study Meeting on the Ideal Way of Ensuring Fair Competition

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will hold a study meeting on the ideal way of ensuring fair competition to conduct a study from the perspective of ensuring fair competition in the telecommunications market.

1. Purpose

This meeting will be held under MIC’s Meeting for Telecommunications Market Validation. The meeting will study from the perspective of ensuring fair competition in the telecommunications market, with consideration of the progress of competition in the mobile communication field, changes in the relationship between the fixed communication market and the mobile communication market, intensifying global competition, and other changes in the market environment.

2. Considerations

  • 1.
    Environmental changes surrounding the telecommunications market
  • 2.
    Impact on the market due to group management reinforcement and pertinent conditions
  • 3.
    Measures for ensuring fair competition based on 1 and 2
  • 4.
    Others

3. Schedule

The first meeting will be held on December 3, 2020, followed by successive meetings in sequence.

Contact

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International Policy Division, Global Strategy Bureau, MIC

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